Scotland
Found in 264 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 06 Apr 1922
Letter from Sir William Sutherland [private secretary to David Lloyd George] (10 Downing Street) to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] on the adoption of an Asquithian Liberal candidate in East Perthshire [Scotland].
(Untitled), [Apr] [1922]
Telegram from Sir William Sutherland [private secretary to David Lloyd George] (10 Downing Street) to Mr MacNicol (Edinburgh, [Scotland]) instructing him to form a strong local committee in East Perthshire to support Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso]. Manuscript copy.
(Untitled), 11 Apr 1922
Telegram from WSC to [David Lloyd George] recommending Alexander MacCallum Scott rather than John Leng Sturrock to be the Scottish Government Whip, reporting the success of his Dundee visit and the attempts of their opponents to upset the associations of their supporters. Draft in the hand of Edward Marsh.
(Untitled), 12 Apr 1922
Part of a letter from [WSC] to David Lloyd George recommending Alexander MacCallum Scott rather than John Leng Sturrock or James Greig to the be the Scottish Government Whip, reporting that he is remaining in London because of the Irish situation and looking forward to a painting holiday on the Riviera. Carbon typescript copy of first page only.
(Untitled), 09 Apr 1922
Letter from D J MacDonald (Craigie Cliff, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] announcing his intention of speaking in Dundee about Russia using information supplied by Sinclair and describing the opposition to him in Dundee from "independent" Liberals. Sent with CHAR 2/122/47.
(Untitled), 13 Apr 1922
Letter from [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] (Thurso Castle, [Caithness, Scotland]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/122/54 and comparing his electoral prospects in Caithness and Sutherland with those in East Perthshire. Sent with CHAR 2/122/47.
(Untitled), [Apr] [1922]
Invitation from the electors of Caithness and Sutherland [Scotland] to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] to come forward as the Coalition Liberal Candidate. Sent with CHAR 2/122/50-53.
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1922
Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] advising him not to commit himself to standing for Caithness and Sutherland before it is known whether or not a strong Coalition Liberal committee can be formed for him in East Perthshire. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 20 Apr 1922
Letter from Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (Thurso Castle, [Caithness, Scotland]) to Edward Marsh enclosing CHAR 2/122/71-72 and asking him to show it to WSC, commenting on the electoral situation in [East Perthshire and Caithness and Sutherland], and reporting on his successful fishing and the depression of Edwin Montagu.
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1922
Excerpt from a letter from William Munro [secretary of the Provincial National Liberal Council] (25 George Street, Perth, [Scotland]) to [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] reporting that the Conservatives in East Perthshire intend to field their own candidate in the constituency, which would make Sinclair's candidature as a Coalition Liberal untenable. Sent with CHAR 2/122/70.
(Untitled), 31 May 1922
Letter from Austen Chamberlain (11 Downing Street) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/122/159-164 and proposing that if Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] does not withdraw from his candidature for East Perthshire the local Conservatives will be asked to submit the question of the constituency's representation to arbitration by [David Lloyd George] and Chamberlain.
(Untitled), 27 May 1922
Letter from Sir John Gilmour (Scottish Unionist Whip's Office, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster, [London]) to Austen Chamberlain giving the points at issue in the dispute between the Conservatives and the Liberals over the selection of a Coalition candidate for East Perthshire. Copy sent with CHAR 2/122/158.
(Untitled), 31 May 1922
Letter from [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] (Colonial Office) to WSC correcting what he sees as the misrepresentation of his position regarding the Coalition candidature for East Perthshire [Scotland] in a letter from Sir John Gilmour to Austen Chamberlain [CHAR 2/122/159-164].
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1922
Letter from [WSC] to Austen Chamberlain describing the position of Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] with regard to the Coalition candidature for East Perthshire [Scotland] and arguing that it would be unfair to require the Liberals to give up one of their seats in Scotland because the Conservatives are already over-represented there and that the capture by the Conservatives of East Perthshire would cause him difficulties in Dundee. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 12 Sep 1922
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1922
(Untitled), 08 Sep 1922
Letter from William Munro (25 George Street, Perth, [Scotland]) to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] on discussions between the National Liberals and Unionists in East Perthshire on which party should put up a candidate in the constituency in the next election. Copy sent with CHAR 2/124B/155-159.
(Untitled), 09 Sep 1922 - 11 Sep 1922
(Untitled), 22 Apr 1924
Letter from Sir Joseph Dobbie (42 Melville Street, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) to WSC (Crockham Hill, Sevenoaks, [Kent]) arguing that a new Liberal Unionist organisation pledged to oppose Socialism in cooperation with the Conservatives would receive much support in Scotland and inviting WSC to address a meeting of the National Citizen's Union in Edinburgh.
(Untitled), 20 Jul [1924]
Letter from 2nd Lord Linlithgow (19th Armoured Car Company, The Camp, Belhaven, Dunbar, [East Lothian, Scotland]) to WSC on his efforts as the president of the Linlithgow Unionist Association to secure cooperation between Liberals and Conservatives in the constituency. Asks whether WSC can persuade Sir James Calder to declare his support for WSC and defy the local diehard Liberals. Encloses CHAR 2/134/28.
(Untitled), [Jul] [1924]
Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to 2nd Lord Linlithgow promising to communicate with Sir James Calder [about cooperating with the Conservatives in the Linlithgow constituency] and asserting that Calder would be a much better MP than Emanuel Shinwell. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 31 Jul 1924
Letter from 2nd Lord Linlithgow (Belhaven Camp, Dunbar, [East Lothian, Scotland]) to WSC on the need for Sir James Calder to undertake to give qualified support to a Conservative administration if a satisfactory electoral arrangement is to be reached in the Linlithgow Division.
(Untitled), 08 Aug 1924
Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Sir James Calder offering to discuss with him the position in the Linlithgow constituency [West Lothian, Scotland] and stressing the importance of Liberals and Conservatives cooperating against Socialism. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 04 Sep 1924
Letter from Sir Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan] (59 Pall Mall, London) to WSC (Chartwell) on the excitement caused by their forthcoming meeting in Edinburgh [Scotland] and on WSC's and Horne's respective views on Ireland.
(Untitled), 29 Sep 1924
Letter from Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (Dalnawillan, Altnabraec, Caithness, [Scotland]) to WSC congratulating him on his Edinburgh speech, complaining of the "defeatist" attitude of the Scottish Conservative press towards the Anglo-Russian treaty, and stressing the need for David Lloyd George to "stick to his guns.".